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COMPREHENSIVE PlAN AMENDMENT TWIN LAKES AREA Page 3 3) The City encourages Multiple Residen- tial uses where they can take advantage of the amenities offered by the parks: south of Oasis Park, and in a mixed Office/ Residential area on the west ..s.iqe of Langton Lake. 4) The City encourages existing uses, most notably the trucking operations, to stay as long it is in their best interest to do so. If the City should decide to rezone, the City will adopt zoning which allows these existing uses to remain and ex- pand, while at the same time encourag- ing and assisting quality redevelop- ment, consistent with this Plan amendment, by those property owners who wish to do so. 5) The City encourages quality site design in new developments, to include landscaping, berming, lighting, location of buildings, parking and access, and other elements which will ensure com- patibility with adjacent land uses, and with their own internal functioning. It will be the responsibility of new devel- opment to ensure compatibility with existing uses, not vice versa. Proposed Land Use The proposed land use in the Twin Lakes Area breaks down approximately as follows: Business Office Office/Service Office/Residential High Density Residential Low Density Residential Parks Right-of- Way TOTAL 97. 8 acres 30.6 acres 47. 0 acres 10.5 acres 7.9 acres 12.1 acres 42.3 acres 32.8 acres 281.0 acres Transportation The area presently has excellent access to the highway system via Cleveland Avenue onto 1-35W, and Snelling Avenue to Highway 36 or 1-694. County Road C on the south is a major collector roadway, providing access both to the major highways at either end of the study area as well to other areas in the City to the east and west. Fairview Avenue links the study area with the Rosedale area to the south. Affecting the transportation system in the study area is the closing of County Road C2 across Langton Lake as part of the project to improve the park. This will eliminate an east- west connection within the study area, forcing more traffic onto County Road C. Many of the properties are large parcels under one owner- ship, and there is very little in the way of a secondary roadway system serving them. As such they would be more difficult to redevelop for land uses requiring greater access and visibility. Other than the major perimeter roadways: Cleveland, Fairview, Snelling, and County Road C, the only other public streets in the study area are a short segment of Prior Avenue north of County Road C, a short seg- ment of Terrace Drive east of Fairview Ave- nue, the two segments of County Road C2 which will terminate at the Lake, and Lincoln Drive and the frontage road west of Snelling. These do not provide the kind of intercon- nected roadways needed for an efficient and effective transportation system in the area. An independent traffic study for the area prepared by Barton-Aschman Associates indi- cates that County Road C is experiencing in- creased traffic loads and is likely to exhibit significant traffic problems at key intersections in the future. An alternate east-west route within the study area, partly to replace County Road C2 and partly to carry additional devel- opment traffic, will be needed to adequately handle traffic in the area and to reduce the load on County Road C. Another problem area for traffic is on Cleveland Avenue where the 1-35W ramps intersect. This intersection is presently only about 600 feet north of the intersection of C and Cleveland. CITY OF ROSEYILLE